LargeUp Premiere: Juss Kool Productions’ 86 Riddim
Raw bashment sounds featuring Future Fambo, Alozado, Stylez, Shane O, Seya and Di Artist Redd.
Run Tune: Stream Ricky Blaze’s “Conquer The Moment” LP
The NYC producer and artist drops an album featuring Shaggy, Kranium + Future Fambo.
Toppa Top ’15: The Best Dancehall Tracks of 2015
Vybz Kartel, Busy Signal, Popcaan and Vershon top our list of big bashment tunes.
Badman Rave: The Best Reggae x EDM Tunes of 2015
Words by Noise Cans
I was honored to be asked for the second year to give my Top 10 Badman Rave tunes for 2015. For those of you who might not know or didn’t see my post from last year, Badman Rave ge... Read More...
Selector’s Choice: Jillionaire (Trinidad/Major Lazer)
Trini Chris puts us up on Kiwi bass and Swedish electro space dancehall.
PHOTO GALLERY: LargeUp on Instagram
Words and Photos by LargeUp Crew—
Are you following LargeUp on Instagram? We update our content daily, but there's plenty more we want to show you. For the last year, we've been documenting our running... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Busta Rhymes’ Biggest Bashment Tunes
Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo via UpNorthTrips—
Here's something you didn't know about Busta Rhymes: back when he was a schoolkid, he used to impress his friends by telling them that he was the Trevor S... Read More...
LargeUp Premiere: Beenie Man’s “Rock the World” Video
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Beenie Man takes an Audi ride into space in his trippy new video for "Rock the World," on Portmore-based production team Brukkout's Sewage Breath riddim. But, as with so many dance... Read More...
Hi, Rihanna: Federation Sound’s All-Dubplate Rihanna Birthday Mix
Words by Jesse Serwer, via Federation Sound—
As you may know, our dude Max Glazer and Rihanna go way back. The Federation Sound boss man was Ms. Fenty's original DJ, playing an instrumental role in the p... Read More...
Video: Future Fambo, “Brighter Day”
Words by Jesse Serwer—
The "Drunken Master" Future Fambo has been one of our favorite dancehall personalities for a while, so we've been waiting on him to properly follow up the success of his tune caree... Read More...
Cockney & Yardie: Heatwave’s UK Update, March 2011
Words by Gabriel Heatwave
First up this month is the tragic news that Smiley Culture, UK dancehall icon and a key inspiration for this column, has died, aged 48. In fact, we're dedicating the whole of th... Read More...
I’m Okay: Red Bull x Jamaica
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Seen
Just read Seen quoting the Jamaica Observer quoting Red Bull spokesmon William Mahfood about the new $25 million (JA, I'm assuming) studio-and-loft complex that the ... Read More...